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return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study

www.theguardian.com

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Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study

www.theguardian.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago
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Chinese scientists say further research on potential harm to reproduction from contamination is ‘imperative’
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  • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    PVC is stored in the balls.

    • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
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      I’m just glad I found a cheap renewable way to get filament for my 3d printer

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
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        Too bad you don’t have a bigger extrusion nozzle!

        • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
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          It’s not the thickness of the nozzle that matters but how you use your hotend

          • Billiam@lemmy.world
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            That’s what people with small extrusion nozzles say!

          • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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            A small nozzle is perfectly sufficient if you’re working with enough axes.

            • explore_broaden@midwest.social
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              I never noticed that the plural of axe and axis are spelled the same.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        But also

    • 555@lemmy.world
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      There’s a humorous acronym in there somewhere. P for penis…

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    So… everytime I nut it’s like a microplastic glitter cannon?

    🎉🎉🎉

    • Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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      The stars bursting in air, the glitter every… where.

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    If you can think of a better way to make our children immune to the plastic virus, I’d like to hear it.

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      I gave this award out earlier but the whole post was deleted … meaning I get to give it to you instead.

      Congratulations on winning the snark award of the day Squiddy!

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        I do my part.

        And happy cake day!

        • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
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          Thanks! I didn’t even realize it was my anniversary.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    They found macroplastics in my sample. Plastics so dang macro, they skipped the microscope and put my sample straight in the recycling bin to be sent off and become a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi.

  • Blizzard@lemmy.zip
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    Soon we’ll be able to impregnate sex dolls.

    • Noodle07@lemmy.world
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      I’ve been trying for ages

      • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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        What ages?

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    Everything is contaminated with micro plastics.

    Got it! Understood.

    1. What damage is it doing in these places?
    2. How do we mitigate that damage?

    That’s what papers should be focusing on at this point IMHO.

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      It’s hard to figure out exactly what’s the damage when the contamination is so widespread.

      A study to find the effects of the microplastics might be to find some amount of men with microplastics and some without, and follow up with those men overtime to see if the ones without microplastics have less reproductive issues, cancer rates, etc. instead they find everyone is contaminated so there’s no one we can make a comparison to.

      • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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        They would have to find men without microplastics, which might end up being extremely difficult.

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        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OJNcV12xJfw Dr Swan has been trying to warn us.

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          Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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    So you inject some of those plastic-eating worms into your balls and problem solved.

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      I … umm … like I don’t have testicles but if someone suggested I do this to my ovaries, they’d be having a really big bad day.

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        It’s just a little nibble

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        Don’t worry, Judge Alito and his band of supremes are right on it. I’m sure.

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    Billionaires endorsing micro plastic testicle cleansing treatments in 5, 4, 3…

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      Okay sir, this is gonna feel a little cold for a few seconds okay, but it warms up a little. I’m just gonna poke this tube up your urethra. Oh that? That’s the ultrasonic creame and we use this wand to direct the energy towards the bad plastics. Not the good plastics, those we don’t have to worry about.

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    At first I read “tasted”…

    • jaybone@lemmy.world
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      Probably that too.

    • CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world
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      What, you’ve never heard of a taste test?

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    Next time they’ll store it in glass containers

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    it would be funny if the thing that eventually destroys us is some kind of genetic timebomb microplastic syndrome.

    • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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      Let me coin the phrase acronym TBMS.

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    Somewhat relevant: I recently stopped using a plastic-bodied electric kettle to boil water for drinks because it was often making drinks taste “of plastic”. I have to imagine that some of that would have been redistributed, well, in places implied by this article.

    This makes me wonder what regular, close-to-source plastics the tested men were using around the time.

    Of course, there’s also that a lot of the water supply goes through plastic pipes these days. It would be interesting to know how much of that, specifically, ends up coming out in people’s homes.

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    People need to stop using PTFE Teflon coated frying pans.

    • optissima@lemmy.world
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      Okay but can I keep using my Teflon condoms?

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        Yes. That’s how you get plastic particles up the hoo-ha. Or no, wait.

        So wait, if you didn’t use a Teflon condom, what particles would you find in people’s vaginas? Does that mean that plastic wants to become human? 🤔😯

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    Don’t worry baby it’s mostly teflon

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